2024-05-20T19:36:45-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150113360/new-york-times-latest-op-doc-takes-a-dive-into-the-sewage-systems-of-mexico-city Mackenzie Goldberg 2019-01-07T16:17:00-05:00 >2019-01-07T16:17:11-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d8d309e3fd87dd29ad3458a4873952de.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The&nbsp;<em>New York Times'&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=17&amp;v=qfyEstdwWIE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">latest Op-Doc</a>&mdash;part of their series of short, interactive, and virtual reality documentaries&mdash;profiles Julio C&eacute;sar C&uacute; C&aacute;mara, whose job it is to dive into the sewers and water treatment plants of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/137971/mexico-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mexico City</a>. For the past 36 years, C&aacute;mara has been a sewage diver, maintaining the sewage system's pipes and pumps,&nbsp; clearing them of blockages and reducing the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/11305/flooding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">risk of floods</a>. Directed by Mexican filmmaker&nbsp;Esteban Arrangoiz, the film shows, as Arrangoiz writes, "how through his work, a human being is capable of finding beauty, pleasure and the essence of his humanity inside the detritus." Check out the film below.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p>